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<p class="MsoNormal">In the original email the due date was incorrectly written. The official due date for this RFQ is
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:yellow">Monday, September 30th, 12pm (noon) EST.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Miller, Matthew T. <MillerMT2@si.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 9, 2024 10:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Miller, Matthew T. <MillerMT2@si.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request for Quote - Paleobiology Collections Defragmentation Project: Collections packing, moving, and organization services
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hello Colleagues, <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Paleobiology is seeking
<b>one independent contractor to pack, stage, move, and organize fossil collections and associated material</b> within and between NMNH facilities in support of the Paleobiology Collections Defragmentation Project. The contract period is for 12 months with
an option to extend for an additional year. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Paleo Collections Defragmentation Project is implementing a decades overdue, long-term comprehensive physical curation strategy. The project is resolving pervasive physical
organization deficiencies that limit the collections’ accessibility and care. The project is ensuring the collections are out of imminent risk due to below-grade storage and will allow a physical organization to be realized among the near 11,000 collection
cabinets distributed among three separate facilities. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Qualified individuals are invited to review the attached Request for Quotes (RFQ) and Statement of Work (SOW) for specifics. Details on what to include in the quote package and
how to submit it are available in the RFQ. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Responses are due
<span style="background:yellow">Monday, September 30th, 12pm (noon) EST</span>.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Applicants should register as a federal contractor in the
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://sam.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">System for Award Management (SAM)</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> concurrently
to responding to the RFQ. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please forward this announcement to any qualified candidates who might be interested. Feel free to contact me if there are any questions. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Matthew T. Miller</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="color:#1F497D">He/him/his</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#1F497D">Museum Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#1F497D">Department of Paleobiology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="color:#1F497D">National Museum of Natural History</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:millermt2@si.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">millermt2@si.edu</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#1F497D">(202) 633 – 1344</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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